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CUIMC Update - Sept. 7, 2021

September 7, 2021

View the CUIMC Update, a weekly e-newsletter featuring medical center news and the accomplishments of our faculty, staff, and trainees.

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CUIMC Update
Remembering 9/11 and What We’ve Learned About Its Impact on Mental Health

September 5, 2021

Research after 9/11 has helped psychiatry better understand the mental health impact of terrorism on those grieving lost loved ones and even those who witness events through the media.

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Mental Health
Sam Yoon Appointed Chief of New Surgical Oncology Division

September 3, 2021

Yoon, a surgical oncologist expert in the treatment of gastric cancer, sarcoma, and melanoma, is also the new vice chair of surgical oncology research and education in the Department of Surgery.

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Campus News
Are We Underestimating the Prevalence of Iron Deficiency?

September 3, 2021

New proposed test values for iron deficiency could double the number of women and triple the number of children detected with the condition.

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Research
New Dental Students Welcomed in White Coat Ceremony

September 3, 2021

The 84 new students in the College of Dental Medicine donned their white coats for the first time and were welcomed into the profession by the school's faculty.

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Education
Five Minutes Can Save a Life

September 2, 2021

Columbia Nursing's pop-up event on the CUIMC campus trained dozens of volunteers to recognize the signs of opioid overdose and treat it with naloxone.

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Campus News
Why Some COVID-19 Infections May Be Free of Symptoms but Not Free of Harm(link is external and opens in a new window)

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National Geographic

September 1, 2021

Kanwal Farooqi was the lead author on a study of 45 pediatric patients showing that their heart problems—which ranged from leaky valves to enlarged coronary arteries—mostly resolved within six months.
New Drug for Malaria?

August 31, 2021

A new antimalarial drug candidate has the potential to be a single-dose treatment, according to a new report from researchers at Columbia University.

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Infectious Diseases
Finding Help for Pelvic Pain

August 31, 2021

After years of debilitating pain, Karine C. was diagnosed with pelvic congestion syndrome—caused by varicose veins in the pelvis—and successfully treated by an interventional radiologist at Columbia.
Putting the ‘Open’ Back Into the U.S. Open(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The New York Times

August 30, 2021

But some experts remain concerned about the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, including Charles Branas, chair of the epidemiology department at Columbia University.